The City of San Benito, Petén, is putting out to tender the construction of a nutritional recovery center and equipment of the Maternity Child Unit at the Regional Hospital.
CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT in BUILDING (S) NUTRITIONAL RECOVERY CENTER, REGIONAL HOSPITAL OF SAN BENITO, PETEN. Read more
With an investment of about $36 million, the Social Security Department will be putting out to tender later this year the construction of an Oncology Tower at Hospital Calderon Guardia.
The hospital's director, Dr. Luis Paulino Hernández, told La Prensa Libre, "We are thinking of having five floors, the idea is that we will move the staff we have now and strengthen the hospital with other positions in medical, nursing, nutrition, cleaning and security areas, we will have 60 beds".
The executive is negotiating a loan approval for the renovation and equipping of the 45 hospitals in the National Health System in Guatemala.
From a statement published by the Government of Guatemala:
President Otto Perez Molina said on Wednesday during a working visit to the department of Petén, that they are negotiating a foreign loan for $280 million to improve the infrastructure of the health system.
The Honduran government is negotiating a loan with Korea for the construction of two hospitals in Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula.
Mario Zelaya, director of the Honduran Institute of Social Security explained that "the value of each hospital would be 50 million dollars, these would resources provided to us by the Korean government after meet the requirements...
Hospital Metropolitano has announced the purchase and retrofit of a building in the center of the capital San Jose, with an initial investment of $5 million.
A statement from Hospital Metropolitano reads:
Hospital Metropolitano to have new Medical Tower
- The medical center will house 50 offices, and will offer specialties such as neurosurgery, obstetrics, orthopedics, and will include a pharmacy, optical services, coffee shop, a bank and indoor parking.